nubbing

Verb

nub (third-person singular simple present nubs, present participle nubbing, simple past and past participle nubbed)

1. To hit the ball weakly.
2. To push; to nudge.
3. To beckon.
4. To extemporize a passage of Shakespearean blank verse
   • In Shall we Shog?, Globe artistic director Mark Rylance hilariously found himself having to nub the Quarto version of Hamlet's speech to the players.2009, David Crystal, Walking English, Overlook Press, page 184

See all 11 meanings of nub

Noun

nubbin (plural nubbins)

1. A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple.
2. (informal) A small protuberance, bud, bump, or knob.
   • As an avid button collector, I have had to develop an efficient way of removing the nubbin of thread from the buttonhole.

   Synonyms:

   nublet, nub

3. (euphemistic, slang, vulgar) Synonym of clitoris.

   Synonyms:

   clitoris